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Challenge: Free Study 2007-07 (Advanced Editing V*)
Camera: Sony DSC-H5
Location: Michigan
Date: Jul 18, 2007
Aperture: 2.8
ISO: 80
Shutter: 1/25
Galleries: Emotive, Animals
Date Uploaded: Jul 26, 2007

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Burning and dodging, selective color, hue/saturation, brightness/contrast, resize.

My friend petting a horse at a little "farm zoo" thing at a park.
I really probably should have submitted this other shot, since landscape shots seem to do so well in the free-study... but I love this image so much! :)





*Post challenge*
Okay, okay, so maybe I should have gotten a picture without the arm. :) Thanks for all the comments. And... I have never seen a score drop so fast! I started out at a glorious 6.7, and ended at a pitiful 5.9. What happened?! :)

Statistics
Place: 195 out of 651
Avg (all users): 5.9722
Avg (commenters): 6.6667
Avg (participants): 5.8992
Avg (non-participants): 6.3200
Views since voting: 1147
Views during voting: 210
Votes: 144
Comments: 15
Favorites: 2 (view)

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 03/07/2008 01:05:06 AM
The arm is necessary - without it, that look that the horse is giving would be curious but meaningless in the end. With it, there's the connection, the caress mentioned in your title. The processing here is lovely - warm and soft, connecting the "connection" so to speak in gentle light. Excellent work.
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 09/03/2007 08:37:56 AM
beautiful light!
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 08/08/2007 05:01:14 AM
Thank you RTK! I wondered if anyone was going to see some emotion in this. I'm glad you did. :)
 08/08/2007 04:48:36 AM
It was the arm that caught my attention...such a small element but packs such emotion into this image...with out this "distraction" this image would not be the same, there would be no "connection"...so well done.
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 Comments Made During the Challenge
08/07/2007 02:51:08 PM
Great lighting and tones 8
I think I'd prefer it without the hand.
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 08/07/2007 10:53:53 AM
this may have been more effective either without the hand or more of the hand/body its coming from
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 08/04/2007 09:29:41 AM
A shame about that arm (or whatever it is) in front of the horse. It's somewhat distracting.
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 08/02/2007 10:04:43 PM
this would have been better reaching out from behind the horse, but I know they don't really like that. I almost missed the arm.
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 08/02/2007 03:00:01 PM
wonderful image- am at a loss for words - ten
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 08/02/2007 05:40:52 AM
I really like this one. The only thing that would have made it better is if the person's arm wasn't in the shot.
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 08/01/2007 10:59:42 AM
I think this would be better to not have the hand in there at all. It's a little distracting. The brown tone is nice. BB
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 08/01/2007 10:41:15 AM
This is great but it would have been better without the hand I think as it makes the horse look like a unicorn.
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 08/01/2007 04:11:12 AM
beautiful.
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 07/31/2007 10:04:55 PM
Beautiful textures and dreamy processing, but the arm is almost a distraction to the shot.
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 07/31/2007 08:41:27 PM
Truly superb. The lighting, sentiment. WOWZA
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